ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES

At Good Grief Network, we strive to carry out our work in line with specific values that we believe are essential to the heart-centered revolution.

Interdependence

We recognize that we need one another. We support each other through deep listening, collaboration, and shared responsibility.

Interdependence

Our work is rooted in the understanding that humans depend on each other and our natural world for inspiration, support, and survival. By gathering individuals and collectively building cohesive, decentralized, and innovative communities, we become more resilient and more connected with the more-than-human world around us.

Courage

We lean into authenticity, vulnerability, and radical honesty. We welcome discomfort as a signal of growth and transformation.

Courage

It can feel scary to begin processing the traumas of our time and to step into our true selves. Through radical honesty and deep vulnerability, we show up and lean into difficult conversations, trusting that our community is strong enough to
continually co-create brave and empowering spaces.

Intersectionality

We cultivate belonging. We extend warmth, openness, and generosity to all who gather in our spaces.

Intersectionality

Grief and despair live at each intersection of the planetary crises and systemic injustices being perpetuated by the dominant culture. We begin dismantling these destructive and oppressive systems by examining our privilege and decolonizing our hearts, minds, and habits.

DISCERNMENT

We slow down when needed, speak with intention, and ask questions with curiosity and care.

DISCERNMENT

Whether we are making organizational decisions, engaged in conversation, or absorbing news about the state of our world, we practice open-mindedness, curiosity, and critical thinking in order to sharpen our perceptions and make appropriate judgments.

Hospitality

We cultivate belonging. We extend warmth, openness, and generosity to all who gather in our spaces.

Hospitality

With compassion, we welcome you as you are. We aim to increase feelings of belonging and connection.

Compassion

We honor the full range of human emotions and experiences. We hold ourselves and each other with grace and nonjudgment.

Compassion

Understanding that everyone reaches this work from a different place, we welcome ourselves and others to show up authentically wherever it is that we are on our journey, with whatever we perceive as our imperfections. When necessary, we call in mindful conversations and practice active listening and forgiveness.

ADAPTABILITY

We embrace uncertainty with creativity. We allow for nuance and fluidity in how we show up and make decisions.

ADAPTABILITY

We recognize that during this dynamic and unpredictable time on Earth, there is no one “right” way to face the challenges ahead. We practice flexibility and creativity that emphasizes nuanced and open-ended approaches to frameworks of change.

EMERGENCE

We trust in the magic of relational co-creation. We leave room for what wants to arise, beyond what any one of us could imagine alone.

EMERGENCE

We believe that nuanced solutions become available when the individuals within our community interact as a wider whole. We gather people together in large and small groups because we trust in the alchemy of our shared conversations to bring about the liberated world of our dreams.

TRUST

We “move at the speed of trust” and build
trust through transparency, consistency,
and the willingness to repair.

TRUST

We value trust building over the urgency, perpetrated by racial capitalism. Direct, empathetic, and constructive feedback fosters growth and learning when we are clear, open, and turn towards one another during conflict.